Le prophète (Meyerbeer, Giacomo)

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Coronation March (Act IV)

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Arranger Alexis de Garaudé (1821-1854), piano reduction
Language French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Brandus, n.d.(1849). Plate B. et Cie. 5103 and 5104.
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View BYU copy at archive.org 1849: Advertised ("En vente...") on the last page of the last July 1849 issue of the Revue et Gazette musicale.
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Arranger Alexis de Garaudé (1821-1854), piano reduction
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Misc. Notes according to the notes to a collection of Meyerbeer's diaries, the translator was an Italian poet resident in Paris who provided the composer also with the words to the text Di miei giorni.
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Publisher. Info. New York: Firth, Pond & Co., 1851. Plate 1230.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Piano 4 hands (Alkan and Garaudé)

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Alexis de Garaudé (1821-1854)
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Sinfonia (Overture)

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Coronation March (Act IV)

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General Information

Work Title Le prophète
Alternative. Title Grand opéra en cinq actes
Name Translations A próféta; El profeta; Le Prophète; Մարգարե; Il profeta; Profeten; Пророк; Προφήτης; 預言者; Prorok; La Profeto; 先知; הנביא
Name Aliases Иоанн Лейденский; Le prophete; Der Prophet; Le Prophete; ウジェーヌ・スクリーブ
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 193061914; LCCN: n97082976; GND: 300104286; BNF: 13916289x; BNE: XX2653241
Composer Meyerbeer, Giacomo
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGM 51
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1836-49
First Performance. 1849-04-16 in Paris: Opéra
Cast, Chorus, Orchestra, Narcisse Girard (conductor)
First Publication. 1849 (vocal score)
1851 (full score)
Librettist Eugène Scribe (1791-1861)
Language French
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Jean de Leyde (tenor)
Fidès, Jean's mother (mezzo-soprano)
Berthe, Jean's bride (soprano)
Jonas, an Anabaptist (tenor)
Mathisen, an Anabaptist (bass/baritone)
Zacharie, an Anabaptist (bass)
Oberthal, a feudal count (bass)

Mixed Chorus

Nobles, Anabaptists, citizens, peasants, soldiers, prisoners, children

Orchestra

piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons
4 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 cornets, 3 trombones, ophicleide
timpani, triangle, cymbals, tam-tam, bass drum, snare drum
organ (4 hands), 2 harps, strings

Onstage Instruments

18 saxhorns, 2 cornets, 2 trumpets
4 military drums, antique cymbals
Related Works Pieces based on 'Le prophète'
Manuscript Sources Mss and printed parts, piano score, ca.1849 (D-SHm Mus.C82:2)
Mss parts, printed piano score, 1859 (D-WRha DNT 425)
Mss parts, 1850-89 (D-DS, ohne signatur)
External Links Wikipedia article
All Music Guide
Extra Information *Publication of complete score (Brandus) came somewhat later. Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France 1e série, 40e année (54e de la collection), Nº 18, 3 Mai 1851, p.229, r.169.